a Spaniard at FCSB, for Europe!

UEFA has made an announcement: a Spanish referee has been appointed for FCSB’s debut match in the Europa League. Who will lead the “red-blues” match against the rivals from the RFS.

FCSB will face RFS in their Europa League debut. The match in question will take place on September 26, from 22:00, at the National Arena.

The one who will referee the confrontation between the “red-blues” and their Latvian opponents will be the Iberian Ricardo De Burgos, according to the official UEFA website. He will be assisted by Iker De Francisco and Alfredo Rodriguez Moreno, and the fourth designated official was Javier Alberola Rojas.

A Spaniard will lead the match FCSB – RFS, from the debut in the Europa League. UEFA made the announcement

In the VAR room, two more Spaniards will be present at the match between FCSB and Rigas Futbola Skola. It is about video referee Cesar Soto Grado and assistant Valentin Gomez.

The titular champion of Romania will face PAOK Thessaloniki on October 3, Glasgow Rangers on October 24, FC Midtjylland on November 7, Olympiakos Piraeus on November 28, Hoffenheim on December 12, Qarabag in the European season. , on January 23 and Manchester United, on January 30.

Siyabonga Ngezana will not be fit for the match FCSB – RFS, this is due to the fact that the central defender was injured in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Cup, he was an integral player for the South African national team in the matches against Uganda and South Sudan.

Siyabonga Ngezana new evolution in the future FCSB – RFS

Following an MRI performed by the FCSB footballer, who returned to the club team, it was found that Siyabonga Ngezana suffered a tear.

“Yes, unfortunately he got injured, he has a tear. This means that he will probably be absent for a few more weeks, up to a month even”, said Florin Vulturar, according to digisport.ro.

Since arriving in Romania, the stopper has already missed two matches of the “red-blues”, the one with CFR Cluj, score 2-2, and the one with Petrolul Ploiești, score 1-1. In addition to the fact that he will be absent from the European matches, the South African will also miss the away duel with Sepsi, from stage number 11 of the Superliga, as well as the one with Gloria Buzău, at home.

Siyabonga Ngezana could be fit for the Dinamo – FCSB derby, which will be scheduled on the weekend of October 18-21, after the resumption of the championship. It will be interrupted for two weeks due to the matches that the national teams will have to play.

For the confrontation with RFS in the Europa League, Elias Charalambous’ team would most likely rely on Mihai Popescu and Joyskim Dawa.